Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-05

THE BOULEVARDIER.
THE CONCENTRATED AND SUBu-
MATED ESSENCE OF PARiSlAN!sM.

by nirth-Tae Charm and Grace OF
Parisian Life-The Annals Of . Day
Dinner
The Boulevardier Is not necessarily Paris
tan or even French by birth Some of the
most noted lave been Russians, Americans
Austrians, Belgians and Germans, who
through long years of residence in Paris had
b&cone more Partisan than the PariSians,
but rarely or never English.
The Boulevardier only fourishes at night.
Ii requires the light of the Boulevards and
the shops, the heated atmosphere of the tie
aires, the blaze Of gas over the bacearat
tables, or the shaded candles Of the cabinet
particular" to develop the latent powers in
herent in him Then be blossoms out and
shines Respondent, bright, dazzling, effer-
vescent, witty. When he first energies in the
late afternoon from his seclusion it is to
drive or ride in the Bots to attend an exhi-
Bition of paintings or famous sale of old
curiosities and art treasures, to inhale the
element in which he thrives, the air Of the
boulevards, Oh perhaps to spend An hour at
the baccarat table reposing, preparing for
To understand the French character and ap-
preciate the charm and grace Of Partisan life
it is necessary not only TO live among the
people and to know the language thoroughly,
but when that Is acquired TO learn the subtle
ties and illnesses OF the language of the clubs,
the theatres and the boulevards, and then live
the life of boulevarder
IN THE SACRED CIRCLE
II you are admitted to the sacred circle you
will become more than convinced, you VIII
become enthusiastic, provided always that
you like and appreciate culture and art in its
manifold varieties and that you are not Pu-
ritan. You viii join this inner circle, this
concentrated essence of all that is beautiful
and attractive and intelligent You will be-
come Witty yourself, even il you never sus-
pected such quality in you, by contrast
with such constantly developed and stimu-
lated intelligence You will acquire q keen
artistic taste and appreciation and you VIII
rejoice and be happy in an atmosphere where
money does not predominant and crush you
down and dull your intellect with its hard,
metallic weight, where it Is little thought Of
or spoken Of, and where q new play or a new
picture is Of far more interest than the opera
tons of the bourse, of which indeed scarcely
one of your companions could give you q
single quotation
You may have 5000 or $4,000 year
No one viii know, no one viii care Your
life will be substantially the same. II you
are rich you viii have a handsome hotel in
stead OF modest apartment. You will drive
your own horses instead of occasionally hiring
one But your associates will he the sarle,
your life the same-the theaters no more in
. .ar,,t
exhibition no more agreeable and the suppers
and conversation no more amusing
Indeed your money will be drawback if
relied upon or displayed &C ALL The Boule
warbler, as a rule, is not rich and cannot as
sociate with men who spend much money.
You viii begin your day by late break
fast and glance at The Figaro or Gaulois,
when you will take ride or a drive to the
BoLs ii the soft balmy air Of spring up the
Champ Elysees with tie trees in bloom and
the odors Of the blossoms waited toward you
as you pass. You will see thousands Of peo-
pie driving onward in graceful, gay equi-
pages. a section Of those whom the world has
treated well; descendants Of the old NOBILITY
OF France, whose ancestors fought in the
crusades fell at Crecy or Agincourt, CON
quers-d ar Fontenoy, and perhaps fought
the revolution, children and grandchildren of
Nspoleon's generals, who carried the eagles
from the Baltic 10 the Mediterranean, from
the steppes OF Russia 10 the English channel
OTHER INTERESTING PEOPLE
You will see Jewish banIers and brokers
whose forefathers, despised and miserable
had been ground down and prosecuted By the
ancestors of those they low associate with
Americans of the old sterling type, and with
Americans more numerous whose horses and
carriages are being paid for by the taxpayers
of New York and other cities, with others Ill
at home in their new soicndor, whom oil
wells. silver mines, coal mines have raisei
from the dust to an alliance with the old his
torical families of Europe; South Americans
who have negotiated loans for their country
and have intercepted the money Ell route
You will pass in the stately Avenue des
Bois de Boulo.ne, or the long promenade be-
tween the nodding acaciis- men and women
of every nation, every rank, station and re
ligion. the aristocracy of birth, OF wealth and
OF beauty. You will see the most delicate
type of patlician beauty, and only know
wherher she is leader of the Faubourg St
German or OF the deni monde because you
L
heart You viii return refreshed by the air
and the movement and amused by the ever
recurring, ever different pageant which has
passed before your eyes With what You
know and what YOU have seen you will have
had a glimpse into half hlndred tragedies,
comedies and farces, and you Will muse and
talk and brighten your ideas with the friends
you meet at the club, 10 the half hour you
spend at a picture gallery or on the Boule-
ward before dinner.
That, whether you take 1t at the Cafe
Anglais, Lyon dor or the club, viii be the
most agreeable hour OF the day, unless it is
The supper or the theatre. You may sit with
Rochefort or Montgomery. with Prince Murat
or Claretie, with Carolus Duran or Albert
Wolf: you viii certainly be amused and prob
ably amusing; YOU viii hear all that has hap
pened or is supposed TO have happened in toe
monde or deIni monde of high life or the
couIisss You viii hear new ideas and new
Anecdotes, and you will walk along the
brightly lighted and thron2ed street to the
first representation Of play, wondering how
your companions could be 50 amusing. so
witty. and how you could be considered 50 en-
PERTAINING, ignorant that it is a subtle electric
current evolved from the natural contact of
br;rht iuteuectS-"W Il g. in New York
Graphic
An Absent Minded Benedict
Not 1000 years ago q gentleman from q
distant city welded a fair daughter Of Athens
lie lad been considered by his friends Is a
confirmed bachelor unni be fell victim to